CNU-My daughter-in-law said Christmas would be easier if I stayed away, and my son did not even raise his eyes to defend me. So I stayed home, alone, exactly as requested. …

them about Vincent at nine, stubborn enough to insist he could cast farther than physics allowed and ending up with a lure sunk into the back of his own windbreaker while Ellen laughed so hard she had to sit down on the dock. I told them about the year the first Tahoe snow came early and the power went out, and Ellen made grilled cheese on the wood continue reading …